We are very pleased to announce the COPSS-NISS COVID-19 Data Science webinar series, which is co-organized by seven statistical societies and organizations, including the Committee of the Presidents of Statistical … Continue reading “COPSS-NISS COVID-19 Data Science Webinar Series”
Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health: F. DuBois Bowman, PhD Thursday, December 3, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm “The Vital Role of Public Health Leadership in Addressing Firearm Safety and … Continue reading “Yerby Diversity Lecture in Public Health with F. DuBois Bowman – 12/3”
A group of students and researchers led by Professor Xihong Lin have been working on a survey for graduate students to assess the effects of COVID-19 on the graduate community and to allow … Continue reading “COVID-19 Survey Aims to Understand Pandemic’s Impact on Grad Students”
Benefitting from the Human Genome Tuesday, November 17, 4 p.m. EDT – Virtual Event In 2006, Anne Wojcicki cofounded 23andMe to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome, and she now … Continue reading “Benefitting from the Human Genome – 11/17”
A recent study published by the Oxford University Press underlines the role of climate change and poor air quality in contributing to the harm wrought by the COVID-29 pandemic. The study, co-authored by Francesca … Continue reading “Exploring the Link Between Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality”
This is our last group of 1st year doctoral students to introduce– we look forward to working with them all! Hi, my name is Zebin Wang. I come from Zhejiang, China, … Continue reading “Get to Know Our New PhD Students!”
A new article in the Harvard Gazette outlines the findings of a recent study looking at information gathered by an app used by 500,000 people to log daily symptoms, health status, … Continue reading “Crowdsourcing Data to Fight COVID-19”
Over the next few weeks we’ll be introducing you to our first year doctoral students. Hi, my name is Nick Link. I grew up in the far distant land of Newton, … Continue reading “Get to Know Our New PhD Students!”
“How COVID-19 has Changed the World and What the Future Holds” Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research Policy (CIDRAP), Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair … Continue reading “Department of Epidemiology – 9/16”
The Department of Biostatistics and the Department of Statistics will jointly present a special seminar with Professor Xihong Lin on “Learning from COVID-19 Data in Wuhan, USA and the World on Transmission, … Continue reading “Xihong Lin COVID-19 Seminar – 9/21”
